We asked you, What Do You Think Of The Exploration Of Space? The response was good, with a number of people expressing a broad range of opinions on the subject at hand.
I must admit the reasons for asking this question were selfish. I have mixed views on the subject and wanted to test the mood of the nation (or at least MakeUseOf) in the hopes of gaining new insights and/or an overall consensus. The new insights were indeed forthcoming, but there clearly is no overall consensus. People on both sides of the debate feel strongly, and they’re unlikely to be swayed from holding their particular viewpoint anytime soon.
There were some fantastic and fascinating contributions to the debate, many from people whose interest hasn’t been piqued by previous ‘We Ask You’ columns. These ranged from those totally for space exploration who feel it is an absolute must for the future of humanity, to those who would rather see all the money being spent on Earth solving existing problems instead.
As well as the comment of the week highlighted below, some of the more interesting comments included Brian pointing out of the minuscule size of NASA’s budget compared to the budget of other departments, Barry’s forward-thinking opinion on human vs. robot missions, and Elizabeth Sebastian’s essay-length comment which makes some very intelligent points in amongst the stream-of-consciousness outpouring.
Comment Of The WeekComment of the week goes to Dan Sitter, who receives the respect of myself and hopefully everybody reading this. Unfortunately he cannot receive 150 MakeUseOf points to use for Rewards or Giveaways as he hasn’t registered an account. Doing so isn’t a pre-requisite for commenting on MakeUseOf but there are advantages to doing so. His comment read simply:
Take a child by the hand, look up into the night sky and say,
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